Presenters Thuthane Cubai & Rosa Macondzo

Botswana

Contents : Geographical Situation History and Politics Economic Conclusion

Location and Population Borders: Namibia, Zimbabwe and South Africa Land Area : sq Km Capital City: Gaborone Population :1.95 million Official Language: English and Setswana Ethnic Groups: 6 Climate: Summer and Winter

History and Politics Before European Contact: The Name of Botswana Bantu Basic activity Independent Botswana: 1964-Britain Proposal 1965/1966-Seat of the Government 1921/22-Progress in Botswana’s Politic 1969-Second General Elections

Economic development Definition Models of economic growth ◦ the production function, ◦ the saving function ◦ the labor supply function (related to population growth).

The production function The production function arguments that the economic development can be archived developing the primary and second sector s in an economy.

National Development Plans The government of Botswana has made its belief clear in its need to plan the social and economic development of the country Planning in Botswana involves the participation of people at all levels of society

Botswana main economic activities Mining (diamonds, coal, etc) Manufacturing Agriculture

Economic History The strategy of national development has been based on: ◦ Opening up of mining by private multinational capital ◦ Encouragement of local private enterprise

Economy's Current State Botswana remains heavily dependent on its diamond sector, accounting for more than one-third of GDP and 70% of export earnings

Conclusion Botswana has fallen the production function model, the decided to develop the primary and secondary sectors since when they got the independence.

Conclusion It had less resources and a lot of problems to be solved. Only with a careful planning it was possible to maximize the use of those resources.